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Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft
AS1 Land west of Claybush Road
Representation ID: 3378
Received: 29/11/2016
Respondent: Mr Iain Foulkes
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Object to AS1:
- Highway infrastructure, congestion and safety
- Pedestrian facilities
- Landscape Character
- Not consistent with NPPF
- Historic environment
- Heritage Assets
- Councils consultation process
- Environmentally Sensitive Area
- Community infrastructure
I would like to object to the soundness of the NHDC Local Plan for Ashwell. The parish council have objected previously and I don't believe that their views and those of the local community have been taken into account. Ashwell has already had over 30 new homes built or with planning permission in the past few years and it is failing to cope with the increased volume of traffic, kids at school, the GP surgery is overwhelmed and the sewerage system is too old to cope.
Specifically with regard to the local plan details:
* Site AS1 fails to meet the requirements for highway safety to protect pedestrians and other road users as defined in both National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and NHDC's own current and emerging planning policy for Highway Safety (Policy T1).
* Site AS1 fails to meet the requirements to protect valued landscapes. The site is within the North Baldock Chalk Uplands Character Area and development is restricted under National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and NHDC's own local planning policy, both current and emerging.
* Site AS1 fails to meet the requirements to protect the historic environment. The site is within the setting of the scheduled ancient monument Arbury Banks and is protected by NPPF and NHDC policy (SP13, para 4.151).
* NHDC has failed to consult on the proposals to extend the settlement boundary in locations other than AS1 (within which there would be a presumption in favour of development; Policy SP2) and has not responded adequately to previous representations.
